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Are You Still Celebrating the Willenium? Then Are You Ever in Luck, Dallas!

After the jump, the complete details on how to meetlook at Will Smith on Tuesday, when the formerly Fresh Prince comes to Dallas to not only sneak his latest feelgood redemption story, Seven Pounds, but to help fill the North Texas Food Bank's pantry before Thanksgiving. The trailer's also after ... More >>

Gettin' Jiggy with Holiday Giving at Will Smith's Dallas Premiere

Patrick Michels Will Smith pulls off the jersey and tie almost as heroically as Mayor Tom Leppert. Will Smith is all about good deeds these days, so if you wanted to catch the Dallas premiere of his new feel-good thriller Seven Pounds, you had to come with cans. Which was was cool with hundreds of ... More >>

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Patrick Michels Will Smith pulls off the jersey and tie almost as heroically as Mayor Tom Leppert. Will Smith is all about good deeds these days, so if you wanted to catch the Dallas premiere of his new feel-good thriller Seven Pounds, you had to come with cans. Which was was cool with hundreds of ... More >>

Might vs. right

Boys and their toys take charge in Courage Under Fire and Independence Day

Hommes en noir: film blanc

A refreshingly small, and forgettable, sci-fi farce

Starr chamber

Jerry Bruckheimer and Tony Scott have a political agenda: It's called box office

Is Victory Park Verschraubt?

A little while ago, a Friend of Unfair Park forwarded along a piece from the Deutschland version of Financial Times detailing the potentially big trouble brewing at Victory Park, where, it appears, Hillwood is in danger of defaulting on a $185 million loan. Steve Brown has more or less rewritten the ... More >>

Seven Pounds

Will Smith encores his Pursuit of Happyness

The Day the Plot Stood Still

Sci-fi remake misses the point, and that's a Klaatu Barada no-no

Superzero

Hancock squanders potential greatness with lame humor and a half-baked hero

Not Bab'

The Modern hosts a foreign flick

Old Dog Bow Wow Learns New Tricks

A rap veteran at age 20, Bow Wow dispenses advice to the next generation

Will Smith Impresses in I Am Legend

That old "last man on Earth" setup? It really works.

Mom Jeans

See celebrity moms strut their stuff

Lily Allen

Alright, Still (Capitol)

Jill Scott

Collaborations (Hidden Beach/Epic)

Mr. Sandman Jr.

Connick plays Nokia

Entertainment Weekly Applauds The Secret Handshake, Offers Stream

Over on EW.com's music blog today, Dallas mall pop hero The Secret Handshake (aka Luis Dubuc) gets a whole lotta love for "TGIF" the second track (and arguably the best cut) from his upcoming My Name Up In Lights record, which will earn release on Tuesday.No real surprise that a pop culture rag lik ... More >>

Rich Man, Poor Man

Rags-to-riches flick declares: Money does indeed buy happi(y)ness

Not-So-Fresh Prince

Diplo's baile-funk production style is hot. His interview skills? Not so much.

The Beatdown

They call him DJ Jazzy Jeff for a reason

Just One Hitch

Will Smith helps others find love, though probably not with this movie

Floundering

Cruel, vapid and unfunny, this Shark bites

Sacrificing Isaac

I, Robot owes little to Asimov and much to prior sci-fi cinema

Papa Tried

Family man Smith goes soft in a story about a Girl

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

Family man Smith goes soft in a story about a Girl

Bad Boys of Dumber

See it, don't see it--whatcha gonna do?

Bet on Black

Men in Black II proves fun remakes aren't always an alien concept

Clay Feet

Ali lands a few solid blows, but, sadly, it's no knockout

A Snooze Runs Through It

If you love the excitement of watching golf, this Damon-Smith bore is right up your fairway

Yo Momma

Martin Lawrence proves there's a fine line between fat and phat

Collect them all!

Naked and proud and stupid -- meet the new Woodstock

Why, Wild West?

Keep yer hats on for this tepid remake

The Old Kid

Keep yer hats on for this tepid remake

True Story of Dallas Art Dealer and Homeless Fort Worth Man Gets a Star: Sam Jackson

It's doubtful the light saber will be necessary this time 'round. Still. Better safe than sorry.​For three years, a book recounting the relationship between a wealthy Dallas art dealer (Ron Hall) and a once-homeless Fort Worth man (Denver Moore) has been a steady hit on the inspirational circuit; ... More >>

Enroll in the Rap Institute of Acting Today!

It's doubtful the light saber will be necessary this time 'round. Still. Better safe than sorry.​For three years, a book recounting the relationship between a wealthy Dallas art dealer (Ron Hall) and a once-homeless Fort Worth man (Denver Moore) has been a steady hit on the inspirational circuit; ... More >>

Today In Music News: Toby Keith Offends More People, Amazon Slips Up And Nickleback Receives Unlikely Honor

Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, December 17, 2009...That Toby Keith, he loves to court controversy. He made a "racist" gesture at a Nobel Prize after party while rapping with Will Smith. Yes, you read that right... he was rapping.About 500 Lil Wayne fans are enjoying his album ... More >>

Listen: Forever The Sickest Kids Cover "Crazy Train" For Punk Goes Classic Rock.

​Today marks the release of Punk Goes Classic Rock, the ninth installment of Fearless Records' Punk Goes... cover songs series since its inception with 2000's Punk Goes Metal. Back then, it wasn't too shabby a concept; the original disc that boasted names like Strung Out, The Ataris, New Found Glo ... More >>

Top 100 Most Annoying Summer Songs

Shut up, Jimmy Buffett.​You know what really gives us the summertime blues? "Summertime Blues," not to mention other maddening summer hits like "All I Wanna Do," "Margaritaville" or the shotgun-in-mouth-inducing "Hot Hot Hot." It's bad enough global warming is cooking the planet like a plastic cu ... More >>

Burger Island: We Want to Go to There.

Shut up, Jimmy Buffett.​You know what really gives us the summertime blues? "Summertime Blues," not to mention other maddening summer hits like "All I Wanna Do," "Margaritaville" or the shotgun-in-mouth-inducing "Hot Hot Hot." It's bad enough global warming is cooking the planet like a plastic cu ... More >>

Today In Music News: Will Smith Gets Down With The Roc, Klingon Opera Comes To Earth And Phil Collins Need Help

Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, September 13, 2010...Jay-Z is helping out Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith as they seek total entertainment domination. Is the world ready for a Klingon opera?Phil Collins revealed he has to tape his drumsticks into his hands to be able to actually ... More >>

Justin Bieber and Willow Smith Signal The Official End of the D-Town Boogie Movement By Dancing The Dougie Together Onstage.

Will Smith progeny Willow Smith joined teen heartthrob Justin Bieber on stage the other night so the two could dance--you guessed it--the Dallas-spawned Dougie together. And, just like that, the D-Town Boogie movement has officially jumped the shark. But, hey, that's good news for me, because that's ... More >>

Five Futuristic Movie Cooking Tools We Wish Were Real

I'm thinking of a huge beer...​Cooking Thanksgiving dinner is tough enough without a food replicator. Since the birth of the science fiction genre, movie-technology has inspired creative invention in the real world. So, scientists and think tanks, let's put the Star Wars Strategic Defense-enhancem ... More >>

Here Come the Men in Black

I'm thinking of a huge beer...​Cooking Thanksgiving dinner is tough enough without a food replicator. Since the birth of the science fiction genre, movie-technology has inspired creative invention in the real world. So, scientists and think tanks, let's put the Star Wars Strategic Defense-enhancem ... More >>

You've No Doubt Seen "Crazy Picture Guy" At Area Shows. Now Learn His Backstory.

Welcome to Local Music 'Mericans, where we meet the people in the local music scene that you don't see on stages. Scotty Mankoff, aka "Crazy Picture Guy."​Scotty Mankoff can be a bit menacing to witness at a live music show, with his hulking frame draped in black clothing, a flowing, curly ma ... More >>

Um, Shouldn't You Have Asked Me These Questions Before I Got on the Plane?

​Got home from the airport last night just in time to see Channel 8's piece on how Dallas PD and the FBI are prepping for the 10th anniversary of September 11. Would have been home a little sooner, but, ya know, I stopped by a Northwest Highway construction site. Oh -- and I was briefly detained b ... More >>

Watch Eisley's New Video For "The Valley"

It's been a year of reinvention for Eisley, the family band based in Tyler, TX. As we've written about extensively over the course of the year, the band left Warner Brothers Records to sign with Equal Vision Records late in 2010. And, earlier this year, they released a solid come back record called ... More >>